How To Install pki-tps on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install pki-tps on Kali Linux.
What is pki-tps
pki-tps is:
Certificate System (CS) is an enterprise software system designed to manage enterprise Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) deployments.
The Token Processing System (TPS) is an optional PKI subsystem that acts as a Registration Authority (RA) for authenticating and processing enrollment requests, PIN reset requests, and formatting requests from the Enterprise Security Client (ESC).
TPS is designed to communicate with tokens that conform to Global Platform’s Open Platform Specification.
TPS communicates over SSL with various PKI backend subsystems (including the Certificate Authority (CA), the Data Recovery Manager (DRM), and the Token Key Service (TKS)) to fulfill the user’s requests.
TPS also interacts with the token database, an LDAP server that stores information about individual tokens.
There are three methods to install pki-tps on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install pki-tps Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install pki-tps using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install pki-tpsInstall pki-tps Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install pki-tps using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install pki-tpsInstall pki-tps Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude updateAfter updating apt database, We can install pki-tps using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install pki-tpsHow To Uninstall pki-tps on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the pki-tps package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove pki-tpsUninstall pki-tps And Its Dependencies
To uninstall pki-tps and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove pki-tpsRemove pki-tps Configurations and Data
To remove pki-tps configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge pki-tpsRemove pki-tps configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove pki-tps configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge pki-tpsDependencies
pki-tps have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install pki-tps package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
